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Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Response Robust in Young Children Much anticipated findings from Pfizer/BioNTech suggest three doses of COVID-19 vaccine protect kids ages 6 months to 5 years old.
WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
How PAs Can Avoid Malpractice: Go Back to Practice Basics A thorough medical history that focuses on diagnostics can help PAs steer clear of medical errors and their legal ramifications, a medico-legal consultant advises.
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
Newly Found Cells Could Help Restore Hearing Loss from Aging A single master gene has been identified that can program ear hairs and help restore hearing, according to Northwestern Medicine scientists.
Quick Take, May 23, 2022
Genetic Factors in Sofosbuvir Treatment for Chronic HCV Are there patient-specific genetic factors that might help predict HCV patients likely to fail sofosbuvir treatment?
Liver International, May 23, 2022
DDW 2022 CRC Screening: Blood Test Accuracy Compared to Colonoscopy More than 550 people had blood taken at the time of colonoscopy to judge the sensitivity and specificity of a serum assay.
Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2022
How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
Occult Hypoxemia More Common in Patients With Darker Skin? Black and Hispanic patients undergoing anesthesia may be more likely than White patients to experience occult hypoxemia, researchers report.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
Fever After a Tropical Trip: A Guide to Differential Diagnosis As people resume vacation travel, clinicians will have patients who present with fever after their trips. A specialist reviews the procedures and questions necessary for differential diagnosis.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
Management of Post-COVID Cardiac Symptoms How primary care physicians can evaluate and counsel patients with persistent cardiovascular symptoms after COVID.
Medscape Family Medicine, May 20, 2022
How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
Medscape, May 20, 2022
MIS in Children After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Does COVID-19 vaccination play a role in the pathogenesis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children? This report helps further our understanding.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 20, 2022
Combining Breast, Ovarian Operations Increases Complications A comparison of outcomes shows that combining these surgeries could lead to a higher risk for complications.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 20, 2022
Some Smokers Don't Get Lung Cancer; Genetics Might Explain It Smoking can cause cell mutations that lead to lung cancer; however, some people may have a genetic defense against it.
WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
EuroPCR 2022 Noninvasive Approach to Revascularization Decisions Shows Promise The noninvasive quantitative flow ratio (QFR) approach showed substantial agreement with the more invasive classical fractional flow reserve approach in the DECISION QFR study.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
New Image-Based Risk Model Helps Predict Future Breast Cancers An automated risk model using digital breast tomosynthesis images can identify women at high risk for developing cancer before their next screening exam.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
Shift to HPV Testing Will Require Public Education HPV testing has major advantages over Pap cytology for primary cervical cancer screening. But the effort to change testing procedures is expected to encounter initial resistance.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
Episode 3: Intermediate-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Drs Gail Roboz and Pinkal Desai discuss intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia.
Medscape, May 19, 2022
NeoChemo Preserves Rectum in Half of Patients With Rectal Cancer Among patients with stage II or stage III rectal adenocarcinoma, organ preservation is achievable in up to half of patients who undergo total neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
Risk Stratification of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules Learn how this strategy could assist in the diagnosis of indeterminate thyroid nodules and help predict malignancy.
Clinical Endocrinology, May 19, 2022

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